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Friday Nov 6 | NBC 15 Online

Alabama cities plan Veteran's Day parades

11. The Alabama Tourism Department says Birmingham will again hold the nation's oldest Veteran's Day parade.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Courier Journal

Seasoned Veteran is Grand Marshall

Shoals This Week Seasoned Veteran is Grand Marshall By: Richard Sheridan Published: 11-04-2009 World War II veteran Edward P. Hodge will serve as Grand Marshal of the 13th Annual Veterans Day Parade in Tuscumbia at 11am on Wednesday, November 11.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Alabama Live

Man stalks ex-wife, chokes her, then offers her bottled water, Sheffield police say

Police say a man is in jail after he forced his way into his ex-wife's house, where he is accused of threatening and choking her, then helping her to the couch and offering her a bottled water, the TimesDaily newspaper reports.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Voice of America

Helen Keller Statue Honors Disabled Advocate

A statue honoring Helen Keller, a prominent advocate for the disabled, unveiled at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The bronze statue depicts Keller as a seven-year-old child by a water pump where she first learned to communicate by sign language.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Gadsden Times

Tuscumbia program stocks school nursing supplies

Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 4:52 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 4:52 p.m. Joshua Norris did more than lend a sympathetic ear to a school nurse when she told him about how she and many of her peers bought extra medical supplies out-of pocket.

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Prattville Progress

Wendell Mitchell: Keller's spirit gave hope to the disabled

Folks, we live in a great country. And, I must say, I have never felt more "American" than I did last Wednesday when I sat among some 400 guests in the rotunda of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C. It was on this occasion that the Congress of the United States dedicated the statue of Helen Keller and placed it among other great Americans who ...

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Shoals man charged with trying to kill a 2-year-old

A Shoals man has been arrested for attempted murder. He is accused of trying to kill a 2-year-old boy.

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WHNT-TV Huntsville

Shoals Leaders Discuss Transportation Needs With Rep. Parker Griffith

Serious transportation talks took place on Tuesday in the Shoals. Local leaders met with U.S. Representative Parker Griffith to discuss the concerns they have about what's happening now and what will happen in the future.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

Decatur Daily

DGH will go it alone in bid for cardio program

Decatur General Hospital, which lost a bid to perform non-emergency cardiac catheterizations in July, is trying again.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

Birmingham News Online

Alabama's Helen Keller statue unveiled in D.C. to good reviews

One of the first reviews of the new Helen Keller statue came from a blind person, who approached the bronze likeness within seconds of its unveiling in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

The Courier Journal

Stellar Line-Up for Hess Memorial

The Jake Hess Memorial Concert will be held on Friday night, October 9, beginning at 7pm at the Muscle Shoals High School Auditorium on Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

400 gather for unveiling of Helen Keller statue in U.S. Capitol

The statue before the unveiling in Washington this morning. Photo from the ceremony expected from The Associated Press shortly.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

Home The Enterprise Ledger

Experience Alabama's Haunted History in October

Alabama's haunted history comes to life in October with ghost trails, storytelling festivals, haunted trolley rides and ghost walks through historical neighborhoods.

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Sun Oct 04, 2009

News Courier

Alabama towns celebrate haunted tales

The Alabama Tourism Department says there are lots of places to see haunted history and hear stories about Alabama ghosts during October.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

Redstone Rocket

U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith honors Helen Keller on House floor

U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith today delivered a speech on the House floor, honoring Helen Keller, the blind and deaf native of Tuscumbia who became an international icon for people with disabilities.

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Wed Sep 30, 2009

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Shoals man wins in whistleblower case

FLORENCE, AL For the first time, a whistleblower has broken his silence after filing suit against a TVA contractor at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant.

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Mon Sep 28, 2009

Mobile Register

Department of Labor says Browns Ferry painter fired for being a whistleblower

A painter who was fired after complaining about a potential safety threat at a nuclear power plant in north Alabama won his whistleblower lawsuit against a Tennessee Valley Authority contractor in a decision made public Monday.

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

The Gadsden Times

Shoals first responders sleep light, feel stress

Published: Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 3:11 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 3:11 p.m. One moment you're asleep.

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

US Senate votes to accept Helen Keller statue

The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution to officially accept Alabama's new statue of Helen Keller to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol complex in Washington.

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Mon Sep 21, 2009

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Shoals woman survives after being trapped overnight

LITTLEVILLE, AL If it was not for the keen eyes of a state trooper, 20-year-old Jessica Pace of Tuscumbia, may have never been found.

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